Memory Techniques Worksheet: Keyword Method

Memory techniques lesson 16: The keyword method for new words · Set 323 · 40 questions

Memory tip (Sound plus meaning): Steps: hear the new word → find a sound-alike word → link it to the meaning → review the picture. The keyword sounds like the new word; the picture must also show the meaning: billi = cat → “a cat paying a BILL”. Review the picture later today and tomorrow, then with growing gaps.

1. 1.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or find a sound-alike word? (a) review the picture (b) find a sound-alike word
2. 2.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “billi” is “a cat paying a BILL”. What does “billi” mean? (a) cat (b) eye (c) foot (d) mother
3. 3.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
4. 4.🗣️ Your keyword picture must also show… (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) the word’s meaning (d) a random colour
5. 5.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “kitaab” is “a book in a KIT bag”. What does “kitaab” mean? (a) water (b) book (c) sugar (d) cat
6. 6.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: link it to the meaning? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
7. 7.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) never again (b) later today and tomorrow (c) only in the exam (d) after a year
8. 8.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: review the picture? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
9. 9.🗣️ In the keyword method, the keyword… (a) sounds like the new word (b) means the same (c) is always in Hindi (d) is spelled the same
10. 10.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “bandar” is “a monkey in a BAND”. What does “bandar” mean? (a) cat (b) flower (c) cloud (d) monkey
11. 11.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or review the picture? (a) link it to the meaning (b) review the picture
12. 12.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
13. 13.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “bhaat” is “a BAT made of rice”. What does “bhaat” mean? (a) rice (b) mango (c) foot (d) moon
14. 14.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “paani” is “water in a PAN”. What does “paani” mean? (a) moon (b) flower (c) water (d) sugar
15. 15.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a BAT made of rice”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bhaat (b) haathi (c) kitaab (d) paay
16. 16.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: find a sound-alike word or review the picture? (a) find a sound-alike word (b) review the picture
17. 17.🗣️ Which keyword picture is stronger? (a) a funny, moving one (b) no picture at all (c) just the word (d) a plain, still one
18. 18.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a DOLL with big eyes”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) bhaat (b) naak (c) dola (d) chaand
19. 19.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “chaand” is “a CHANDelier on the moon”. What does “chaand” mean? (a) nose (b) school (c) sugar (d) moon
20. 20.🗣️ The keyword method is best for… (a) adding sums (b) drawing maps (c) long numbers (d) new words in a language
21. 21.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or hear the new word? (a) review the picture (b) hear the new word
22. 22.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a flower in a POOL”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) kitaab (b) sakhar (c) baadal (d) phool
23. 23.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or hear the new word? (a) link it to the meaning (b) hear the new word
24. 24.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or find a sound-alike word? (a) hear the new word (b) find a sound-alike word
25. 25.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHUBBY key”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) dola (b) mez (c) chaabi (d) paani
26. 26.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a fish lighting a MATCH”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) shala (b) machhli (c) billi (d) phool
27. 27.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a SACK full of sugar”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) shala (b) phool (c) sakhar (d) ped
28. 28.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “I NEED sleep”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) kitaab (b) aai (c) neend (d) paay
29. 29.🗣️ In Hindi, “baadal” means cloud. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a CHUBBY key (b) a BATTLE in the clouds (c) a fish lighting a MATCH (d) a CHANDelier on the moon
30. 30.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “aam” is “I AM eating a mango”. What does “aam” mean? (a) tree (b) foot (c) sugar (d) mango
31. 31.🗣️ In Hindi, “ped” means tree. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a DOLL with big eyes (b) a tree on a note PAD (c) a PIE under your foot (d) a cat paying a BILL
32. 32.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a monkey in a BAND”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) aai (b) bandar (c) bhaat (d) naak
33. 33.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or link it to the meaning? (a) review the picture (b) link it to the meaning
34. 34.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Hindi word “machhli” is “a fish lighting a MATCH”. What does “machhli” mean? (a) moon (b) cloud (c) fish (d) monkey
35. 35.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: hear the new word or review the picture? (a) hear the new word (b) review the picture
36. 36.🗣️ In Marathi, “naak” means nose. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a book in a KIT bag (b) an elephant with HOT tea (c) a tree on a note PAD (d) a KNOCK on the nose
37. 37.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or find a sound-alike word? (a) link it to the meaning (b) find a sound-alike word
38. 38.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “aai” is “Mum saying “AYE, AYE!””. What does “aai” mean? (a) fish (b) mother (c) table (d) cloud
39. 39.🗣️ In Hindi, “machhli” means fish. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a fish lighting a MATCH (b) a monkey in a BAND (c) a BATTLE in the clouds (d) a DOLL with big eyes
40. 40.🗣️ Your keyword picture for the Marathi word “naak” is “a KNOCK on the nose”. What does “naak” mean? (a) book (b) sleep (c) nose (d) moon

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